Mining Incidents

Kiowa Co. Dist. #2: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Kiowa Co. Dist. #2 · Surface
Controlled by Kiowa County-OK
Lone Wolf, Kiowa County, OK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3401889

Kiowa Co. Dist. #2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
34
citations
11
significant & substantial
$4,412
proposed penalties
$4,412
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
32
inspections on record
248
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 248 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kiowa Co. Dist. #2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
32.4%
significant & substantial
20.6%
high negligence or reckless
32.4%
reasonably likely or greater
23.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.9% low, 73.5% moderate, 20.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2022-04-19, 4 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2014-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Kiowa Co. Dist. #2 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 4
2024 3
2023 3
2022 2
2021 2
2020 3
2019 4
2018 4
2017 3
2016 4
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 4
2011 2
2010 3
2009 3
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
2002 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kiowa Co. Dist. #2 sits in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 3.8% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Kiowa County, Oklahoma · Population 8,458
3.8%
Mining share of county employment
$42,063
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 0 0 0
2026 Q1 240 2 1 8333.3
2025 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 284 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 130 9 2 69230.8
2024 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 880 1 0 1136.4
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 30 3 0 100000.0
2021 Q1 170 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 2 0
2019 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 480 2 0 4166.7
2016 Q4 390 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 570 1 1 1754.4
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 250 1 0 4000.0
2013 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 120 1 1 8333.3
2012 Q4 315 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 220 1 1 4545.5
2012 Q1 252 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 270 2 0 7407.4
2011 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 690 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 504 4 2 7936.5
2009 Q4 860 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 516 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 620 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 372 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 230 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 352 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 448 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 240 5 3 20833.3
2003 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 640 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.